On to Basel, Switzerland

The hotel manager had informed me on my arrival the hotel would be closed on Monday and no breakfast would be available.  I would also have to check myself out leaving the room key in the door.

The staff had been very helpful during my stay and the food was excellent.  My bike was recovered from the lockup and packed with my panniers.  Battery fitted; I rode to the front of the hotel for a photo.

Sometimes the EuroVelo 15 signs are hard to see and on other occasions the gps in the phone has a lag and you miss a turn.  That happened several times today resulting in me either having to backtrack or detour to get back on the route.

The first detour was fortunate as it resulted in me passing an Aldi where I stopped to buy a cold pizza square for breakfast and two apples for lunch.

Much of todays route roughly followed the Rhine.  Although vegetation (mostly trees) obscured it.

However at one location the path was immediately beside the river.  At the 40km point I stopped and took a photo of an old fortified tower beside the river.  I suspect it was used by some local noble to collect a toll from passing river traffic. 

Cycling further on I noticed an old covered timber bridge.  It looked interesting and so I stopped to take a photo.  Had I looked closer at the gps track I would have realised the route took me over it.

It's now a pedestrian and bike bridge.  I used the 360 camera to film my crossing.

A lunch stop at the 60km point beside the river.  I'd just cycled through an interesting village with narrow cobblestone streets again using the 360 camera.

By 3pm I had cycled 90km and reached my destination for the day.  The Swiss city of Basel.  It's on the northern border of Switzerland.  Further north on the west bank of the Rhine is France whilst Germany is on the east bank.

After checking into my accommodation I had a quick shower and went for a walk around the old part of the city.  There were a few interesting buildings but not as many as I was hoping to see.  I'll stay tonight and continue on tomorrow.

Strasbourg is 160km north and probably slightly too far for me to attempt in one day.

The Hotel Les Trois Rois ,reputedly one of the oldest hotels in Europe.

Jenny the lighthouse was constructed in 2010 by the local village as a tourist attraction (that appears to have worked!).  It's a replica of the same lighthouse which was constructed at the opposite end of the Rhine in Holland.